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Monday, February 11, 2013

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Britten expert John Bridcut said: "I interviewed eight boys who are now all middle-aged men and, while Britten’s behaviour was unusual, all of the men said his friendship had been entirely beneficial..."

In 1953, Benjamin Britten's coronation opera Gloriana had its first public performance.

"The production team consisted of a gay composer, a gay librettist, a gay director, a gay conductor, a gay choreographer and a gay impresario. "The work was based on a book by a gay writer and starred a gay tenor as Essex. "A gay interior designer spent £1,660 (about £50,000 today) on temporary renovations of the royal box."

Benjamin Britten shared a bed with the late actor David Hemmings, when Hemmings was a 12-year-old boy.

Hemmings said of Britten:

"I did go to bed with him, but I didn’t go to bed with him in that way...

"He was incredibly warm to me, yes. Was he infatuated with me? Yes, he was. He was a gentleman; there was no sort of overt sexuality about it whatsoever. It was a very kind and very loving and very gentle relationship.

"Did he kiss me? Yes, he did. But that was more my need as a young boy alone in his house than it was any threat. I slept in his bed, when I was frightened, and I still felt no sexual threat whatsoever.

"And I think it would have embarrassed him a damn sight more than it would have embarrassed me at the time...

"Was I aware of his homsexuality? Yes, I was. Was I aware that he had a proclivity for young boys? Yes. I was.

"Did I find that threatening? No, because I learnt an awful lot through it.

"Did I feel that he was desparately fond of me? I suppose I did, but I must say I thought far more in a sort of fatherly fashion; and I had a a very bad father-son relationship...

"There is no man in my entire life that has been more influential on my attitudes than Ben."David Hemmings

Britten may have a link to the Kray Twins.

According to this source - Archives - the Kray Twins ran a paedophile ring.

"What was involved was the systematic abuse of ten-to-twelve-year-old boys, one of whom subsequently became fairly well known as a singer.

"Another, rather less fortunate,wound up in six pieces in two suitcases...

Benjamin Britten as a child.

"The police uncovered a large-scale juvenile pimping operation centred on a house in a Suffolk village (Tattington) owned by Ronnie Kray.

"Some of the boys were obtained via a close friend of Benjamin Britten's in London, who named him as one of the beneficiaries of the 'service'...

"At least two other people died in the aftermath of Bernard's murder as the twins sealed up the leaks."

6 comments:

I knew the Krays, this name was abreviated from a long polish jewish name, they were looked after by several high ranking jewish lawyers such as l... A...and one who was known well in Harold Wlsons office at number 10the krays handler was Rose finsilver a grasping evil woman who radiated an aura of fear and who boasted she had indulged in ritual killing of children.The Krays did supply boys C... r.. was one of manyto get a grip on those into these things

Life of Brian rights has been purchased by a Jewish buyer & the sketch about Zionists was removed. No releases have that sketch nor ever will, so save your VHS tapes if you have it.

comment from the Mail:"Why are we still re-hashing this man's sad life after all this time. Shunned by fellow doctors, trying to be gay in a gay unfriendly world and than to cap it all you imply decades after his death he was on with a child in his care. No wonder he turned to alcohol."

whats a SMOM ? i read the published diaries i think of anthony crossman ? he spoke of meeting " uncle benjy"ina public toilet looking for boys, he was apparently told " go down the school with a pocketful of sweeties "